Easter

Today’s pattern is perfect for filling with Valentine’s candy or Easter treats. Get a jump start on your Easter crafts by crocheting several of these sweet little baskets to fill with small toys and candy.

They would look wonderful in a deep red for Valentine’s Day filled with candy hearts or pretty pastels filled with colorful jelly beans for Easter.

The pattern is from a January 1914 issue of Home Needlework Magazine.

CROCHETED NUT BASKET

MATERIAL – Crochet Cotton No. 3 and a steel crochet hook No. 7

DIRECTIONS – Chain (ch) 4, and join.

Row 1 – Eight single crochet (s) in ring and join.

Row 2 – Two s in each stitch of Row 1.

Row 3 – Like Row 2.

Row 4 – One s in each stitch of preceding row.

Row 5 – Chain 3, 1 double crochet (d) in same stitch with ch, 2 d in each alternate stitch of Row 4, and close with sl st at top of chain.